Dear www-tag,
This is a summary of the TAG's activity from 5 Nov 2002
(end date of the previous summary [1]) to 3 Dec 2002.
The TAG had three teleconferences and one face-to-face meeting
during this period; summaries of those meetings are linked from
the TAG home page [2].
1) The TAG discussed the following issues in substance:
URIEquivalence-15 : When are two URI variants considered
equivalent?
IRIEverywhere-27 : Should W3C specifications start promoting
IRIs?
xlinkScope-23 : What is the scope of using XLink?
namespaceDocument-8 : What should a "namespace document" look
like?
Details about discussions and related actions are available in
the meeting minutes linked from the TAG's home page. The TAG's
issues list is available at: http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/ilist
2) The TAG accepted the following issues:
xmlProfiles-29 : When, whither and how to profile W3C
specifications in the XML Family
binaryXML-30 : Standardize a "binary XML" format?
metadataInURI-31 : Should metadata (e.g., versioning
information) be encoded in URIs?
3) The TAG published the 15 Nov 2002 "Architecture of
the World Wide Web", the second public draft of
this document.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-webarch-20021115/
The TAG discussed this draft at the Nov 2002 Advisory
Committee meeting. The list of changes is available at:
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/webarch/changes
4) Tim Bray began work on a new draft finding "URI Comparison"
in light of discussions at the TAG's November face-to-face
meeting on issue URIEquivalence-15. The TAG has not yet
discussed the draft finding.
"URI Comparision"
http://www.textuality.com/tag/uri-comp.html
More information about TAG findings is available at:
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/findings
5) The TAG presented its work over the past six months
to the W3C Advisory Committee at the Nov 2002 AC meeting.
The TAG's next face-to-face meeting will be in February 2003.
6) Upcoming appearances. On 10 Dec 2002, several TAG
participants will be part of a Town Hall Meeting at
XML 2002, in Baltimore, MD (USA). More information at:
http://www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2002/tuesday.asp#23
For co-Chairs Stuart Williams and Tim Berners-Lee,
Ian Jacobs
[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2002Nov/0031
[2] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/#about
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